The Scarab Murder Case (film)

The Scarab Murder Case
Directed by Michael Hankinson
Produced by Anthony Havelock-Allan
Written by Selwyn Jepson
Based on novel The Scarab Murder Case
by S. S. Van Dine
Starring Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wally Patch
Kathleen Kelly
Production
company
Release dates
  • 27 November 1936 (1936-11-27)
Running time
68 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Scarab Murder Case (1936) is part of a series of films about fictional detective Philo Vance. Paramount Pictures intended for William Powell to portray the character, as he had in three prior Paramount films - The Canary Murder Case (1929), The Greene Murder Case (1929) and The Benson Murder Case (1930) - as well as The Kennel Murder Case (1933) for Warner Bros. However, Powell changed studios, and the role went to Wilfrid Hyde-White.[1]

The British Film Institute has placed it on its BFI 75 Most Wanted list of lost films.[1]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 "The Scarab Murder Case / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Retrieved 28 June 2014.


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